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the mouse and somebody who as really engineered the republican takeover of the house back in the 1994 elections, speak to what you advise republicans to do in dealing with the president? because he's going to come out saying it's all the republicans fault they won't work with me. >> first of all shall every republican should take the two quotes you've given them tonight. post them on their website, every single house and senate republican and say i am very impressed with this earlier vision of barack obama. i think that he had it right. it's unpatriotic, it's immoral, it is wrong and therefore, i'm going to do my part and my role to make sure that we fix it. now, i would love to see every house republican go to the house right at the center of the capitol, in the rotunda, is a copy of the mag na carta, 1215, almost 800, 900 years ago, in 1215, the nobles said to the king, you cannot spend money that we don't approve raising and the king was in a weak position and said, yes. and all of the legislative branch rose out of that historic moment and the legislature has every right to say we're not go
the mouse and somebody who as really engineered the republican takeover of the house back in the 1994 elections, speak to what you advise republicans to do in dealing with the president? because he's going to come out saying it's all the republicans fault they won't work with me. >> first of all shall every republican should take the two quotes you've given them tonight. post them on their website, every single house and senate republican and say i am very impressed with this earlier...
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what do you think is more important that barack obama was elected or that he was re-elected? >> wow. that's interesting. i think that we need to think of it in terms of symbolic terms and also in terms of policy terms. the re-election from a policy perspective i think is more important. the initial election from a symbolic perspective i think was more important. i think some people diminish the symbolism for african-americans and for america and for the world. i don't intend to do that. i think folk are... don't always understand the ways in which black people and the democratic party and those on the left are sometimes just as disenchanted with the president as those on the right. from the last segment everyone says he doesn't reach across the aisle. he doesn't compromise. he nominated chuck hagel. there's so many different ways of looking at it. if you think about the symbolic nature of the first black president it's powerful for some people. we can't ignore the policy pieces as well. there are a lot of people who want this president to do certain things. we want gun contro
what do you think is more important that barack obama was elected or that he was re-elected? >> wow. that's interesting. i think that we need to think of it in terms of symbolic terms and also in terms of policy terms. the re-election from a policy perspective i think is more important. the initial election from a symbolic perspective i think was more important. i think some people diminish the symbolism for african-americans and for america and for the world. i don't intend to do that. i...
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>> i think you cannot deny that we have made tremendous progress and the election of -- re- election of president obama is another milestone moment in civil rights history, but we still have a long way to go as far as racial reconciliation in america, building what dr. king called the beloved community. tomorrow, yes, it is a milestone moment, not only for the president, but for america's quest for racial reconciliation. >> we have two experts. john mcconnell worked with george bush on his inaugural address. terry edmonds spent eight years working with bill clinton. we talked about the reference to dr. king. your former boss making reference to abraham lincoln in his second inaugural address. >> we will get that ready in just a moment. let's go to the phones. curtis from akron, ohio. >> thank you for taking my call. it is a pleasure to be on the air. i had the privilege, when i was 20 years old, i was on the executive board of kent state democrats. me and some of the members of the executive board, as well that members of ksu did attend the inauguration of president clinton back in 1
>> i think you cannot deny that we have made tremendous progress and the election of -- re- election of president obama is another milestone moment in civil rights history, but we still have a long way to go as far as racial reconciliation in america, building what dr. king called the beloved community. tomorrow, yes, it is a milestone moment, not only for the president, but for america's quest for racial reconciliation. >> we have two experts. john mcconnell worked with george bush...
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the mouse and somebody who as really engineered the republican takeover of the house back in the 1994 elections, speak to what you advise republicans to do in dealing with the president? because he's going to come out saying it's all the republicans fault they won't work with me. >> first of all shall every republican should take the two quotes you've given them tonight. post them on their website, every single house and senate republican and say i am very impressed with this earlier vision of barack obama. i think that he had it right. it's unpatriotic, it's immoral, it is wrong and therefore, i'm going to do my part and my role to make sure that we fix it. now, i would love to see every house republican go to the house right at the center of the capitol, in the rotunda, is a copy of the mag na carta, 1215, almost 800, 900 years ago, in 1215, the nobles said to the king, you cannot spend money that we don't approve raising and the king was in a weak position and said, yes. and all of the legislative branch rose out of that historic moment and the legislature has every right to say we're not go
the mouse and somebody who as really engineered the republican takeover of the house back in the 1994 elections, speak to what you advise republicans to do in dealing with the president? because he's going to come out saying it's all the republicans fault they won't work with me. >> first of all shall every republican should take the two quotes you've given them tonight. post them on their website, every single house and senate republican and say i am very impressed with this earlier...
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we will elect many more women to public office. that is a very good thing for our country. >> out as a young mother. i got a solicitation letter from a group of women who said they were getting organized to get more women elected for public office. i thought that is a powerful idea. about 25 years later. people are taught about how i should grow wings and fly. she said he should do this. i can show you how and i can promise if you do emily's list will be with you every step of the way. i and the senator from the commonwealth of massachusetts. >> i am cleric paschal -- claire mccaskill. the energy in this room is amazing. i am taking it with me. i will draw upon it many times over the next six years when there are tough votes ahead. many people heard of todd a a senator or as statewide official. i was the doctor of the first woman elected to the council in the town -- daughter of the first woman ever elected to the council the town ichor up in. i knew what it took. it was not a mystery. willing to take risks and hard work. before an
we will elect many more women to public office. that is a very good thing for our country. >> out as a young mother. i got a solicitation letter from a group of women who said they were getting organized to get more women elected for public office. i thought that is a powerful idea. about 25 years later. people are taught about how i should grow wings and fly. she said he should do this. i can show you how and i can promise if you do emily's list will be with you every step of the way. i...
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we elected an african-american for president. a lot of people didn't think we would see that in our lifetime. we did it four years ago and what may be more impressive than an african-american, an elderly man said this to me, we re-elected him a second time. not just a one shot deal. he did it again and people are moved by what's going on right now. >> as with ronald reagan and bill clinton, the second terms, you can see a few green sheets of the economy and if that begins to surge, david axelrod tells me later in the show, has a real chance. >> he has a huge agenda, a lot of opportunities and going to have to find a way to work with republicans not only in the senate but the house of representatives. let's see if he can do it. it's a huge, huge challenge and the responsibility is enormous, the opportunity is great. >> well, we have to see and itching to get to the party, wolf. >> love those people back there. did you hear the marching band? >> you know why i think they're so excited? your performance in skyfall. >> you were in "f
we elected an african-american for president. a lot of people didn't think we would see that in our lifetime. we did it four years ago and what may be more impressive than an african-american, an elderly man said this to me, we re-elected him a second time. not just a one shot deal. he did it again and people are moved by what's going on right now. >> as with ronald reagan and bill clinton, the second terms, you can see a few green sheets of the economy and if that begins to surge, david...
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he used his second inauguration to make an saw dags claim that the coalition that elected him is the next america, the rising generation and he spoke directly to and for them. it was a new american progressivism unleashed. >> for we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. we will respond to the threat of climate change knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. our journey is not complete until no citizen is forced to wait for hours to exercise the right to vote. >> and you could see in the vast crowd this was a moment won after fierce id logical combat and hard political work. before the speech we spent some time among them. >> these are some of the best seats for the inauguration. who gets them? spouses and members of the house of representatives and they are great seats. just a few yards from where the president takes the oath of office. others who get this close? big donors for sure, the well connected and old friends. >> well, in most ways he's still the
he used his second inauguration to make an saw dags claim that the coalition that elected him is the next america, the rising generation and he spoke directly to and for them. it was a new american progressivism unleashed. >> for we, the people, understand that our country cannot succeed when a shrinking few do very well and a growing many barely make it. we will respond to the threat of climate change knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. our...
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he has been closely following the election. most israeli politicians on not even discussing the issue. >> it makes me realize how much we are being ignored. tackling all the problems around us and not focusing on the in- house problem. just in order to get over for the election. >> the traditional face of palestinians, has not mentioned the two-state solution in its campaign ads. the palestinian statement has been involved in almost every major negotiation with israel. he says israel is ignoring the palestinian issue because it does not threaten their security. >> attempts to put the \ palestinians down and restrict their movement. all of this is not costing them much. >> one party on the right that is talking about the occupation, its leader, says he will propose that israel gets 60% of the west bank. >> he is expected to win the election. >> he can get israelis whatever they want without any threat. they can do whatever they want with total impunity. >> they are divided by the separation wall. some people believe that is why
he has been closely following the election. most israeli politicians on not even discussing the issue. >> it makes me realize how much we are being ignored. tackling all the problems around us and not focusing on the in- house problem. just in order to get over for the election. >> the traditional face of palestinians, has not mentioned the two-state solution in its campaign ads. the palestinian statement has been involved in almost every major negotiation with israel. he says...
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bush got 62 million votes in the 2004 election and conservatives said he had a mandate. barack obama got 62 million votes in the two -- 2012 election, and conservatives started a secessionist movement. but the obama campaign took it to them and made a difference in the end. they helped create a new electorate, a coalition of concerned and they turned it out on election day. our two political parties are separate and not equal. the percentage of republicans who are white has remained fairly steady since 2000 at about 87%. the percentage of democrats who are white in contrast has dropped from 64% in 2000 to 55% now. independents have gone from 79% to 67% white since 2000. the depth of republican dependence on white voters explains a lot about the recent election. not least about its outcome. republican efforts to suppress minority voters back fired big time. [applause] in florida alone, 266,000 more hispanics voted than in 2008. similarly in ohio, 209,000 more blacks voted than in 2008. overall, while romney received 59% of the white vote, all hot -- obama -- omaha? obama
bush got 62 million votes in the 2004 election and conservatives said he had a mandate. barack obama got 62 million votes in the two -- 2012 election, and conservatives started a secessionist movement. but the obama campaign took it to them and made a difference in the end. they helped create a new electorate, a coalition of concerned and they turned it out on election day. our two political parties are separate and not equal. the percentage of republicans who are white has remained fairly...
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not the election of the first president, but the election of its second president. the peaceful transfer of power is what will separate our country from every other country in the world. so today we celebrate the 57th inauguration of the american president find the good and praise it. now, it is my honor -- [ applause ] >> it is my honor to introduce the associated justice of the supreme court, sonia soto mark, for the purpose of the oath of office for the president. would everyone, please, stand. >> thank you. >> mr., vice president, please, raise your right hand and repeat after me. i, joseph r biden junior, do solemnly swear. >> i, joseph r biden junior, do solemnly swear. >> that i will defend and support the constitution of the united states against all enemies far foreign and domestic. >> against all enemies foreign and domestic. >> i will bear true faith and allegiance. >> got a take this obligation freely. >> that i take this obligation freely. >> without any reservation or purpose of evasion. >> without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion. >> and t
not the election of the first president, but the election of its second president. the peaceful transfer of power is what will separate our country from every other country in the world. so today we celebrate the 57th inauguration of the american president find the good and praise it. now, it is my honor -- [ applause ] >> it is my honor to introduce the associated justice of the supreme court, sonia soto mark, for the purpose of the oath of office for the president. would everyone,...
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>> well, look, at this point, people -- we just came through a very contentious election. and there is still americans who perhaps are unhappy the selection of majority by the americans. as you know, on many other issues, country is simply divided. we are divide aid long political lines, cultural lines, ethnic lines, you name the lines, we are divided upon them. i think more americans would like to see this president succeed on those big issue, getting this country back on its feet economically and the think the rest will follow. >> the poll shows it will not be an easy road for the republicans? >> not at all. republicans don't want president obama with the policies they have seen to succeed. they think the policies will hurt country. republicans don't want to do that. that's why republicans just voted against barack obama do they want a president to succeed? would they like to see obama headed in a different direction than he has been and make the country successful? yes. they don't want the country to fail. they don't want their president to fail. but these policies that
>> well, look, at this point, people -- we just came through a very contentious election. and there is still americans who perhaps are unhappy the selection of majority by the americans. as you know, on many other issues, country is simply divided. we are divide aid long political lines, cultural lines, ethnic lines, you name the lines, we are divided upon them. i think more americans would like to see this president succeed on those big issue, getting this country back on its feet...
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when barack obama was elected -- poverty numbers continue to get worse. on the barack obama -- put the facts on the table. they kept getting worse under barack obama -- sachs writes about this. i'm not doing this to demonize, but i'm wondering how is your mind that poverty gets made a priority, whether the president is a republican or a democrat? >> i think i did say that when we went into the ditch as bush came out of office, poverty continue to increase. there is no question about that. it has increased significantly. i do not believe that as a nation, not just the white house but the bottom up, any of us have done enough to address the issues of poverty in this country. we talk about dr. king. one of the things he said was there comes a time when violence is the trail -- silence is the betrayal. [applause] any president is going to address issues we may can address. whoever the president is -- republican or democrat, no matter what. i can say in all fairness that even though i do not believe any of us have done enough, if you look at the two major piec
when barack obama was elected -- poverty numbers continue to get worse. on the barack obama -- put the facts on the table. they kept getting worse under barack obama -- sachs writes about this. i'm not doing this to demonize, but i'm wondering how is your mind that poverty gets made a priority, whether the president is a republican or a democrat? >> i think i did say that when we went into the ditch as bush came out of office, poverty continue to increase. there is no question about that....
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. >> get romney elected. it's very simple. >> can you at the federal level, as the president's proposed today fix electoral law? can you do it at the federal level, or does the constitution preempt the federal government from getting into state election law? >> well, right. the states do have a fair amount of latitude in the way that they organize their elections. but we do have a civil rights division. i think that eric holder, or whether or not he stays, i think there will be more justice department oversight of what the states are doing, and i think there should be. i was very happy to see the president say we're not going to tolerate that. and i think it may be a place where it's mostly bully pulpit, but there is a role for the attorney general and for the justice department as well. they have to be overseeing exactly what these states are doing and what the impact, because we know why they're doing it. >> can they do it, david -- >> should make the case it's a civil rights denial when you have to weight
. >> get romney elected. it's very simple. >> can you at the federal level, as the president's proposed today fix electoral law? can you do it at the federal level, or does the constitution preempt the federal government from getting into state election law? >> well, right. the states do have a fair amount of latitude in the way that they organize their elections. but we do have a civil rights division. i think that eric holder, or whether or not he stays, i think there will...
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this is a moment you predicted on election day what happened. what are your thoughts overall? >> bob: as a progressive, a great populist speech. it would remind me of what taft would have said and huey long would have said. it is a -- for those of us on the left, it was a reaffirming speech. it was one that, where he underscored what he has been saying all along. there is a place for government. government does help a lot of people get places. we don't agree on that obviously, but -- >> dana: do you think that has s what he has been saying all along? if you compare the 2008 speech to this one, it's the same? >> bob: what i would say in this without sour grapes. in 2008 he tried to break across the gridlock and he didn't get anywhere so now he will go alone. >> eric: a lot of people on the right said he thinks he has a mandate because he was re-elected. his speech sounded like i have a mandate for the next term, the next four years. he talked about gay rights and climb change. weeping entitlement off the table. equal pay and immigration. those are things we'll hear in the next
this is a moment you predicted on election day what happened. what are your thoughts overall? >> bob: as a progressive, a great populist speech. it would remind me of what taft would have said and huey long would have said. it is a -- for those of us on the left, it was a reaffirming speech. it was one that, where he underscored what he has been saying all along. there is a place for government. government does help a lot of people get places. we don't agree on that obviously, but --...
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you had the first african-american elected president. he had campaigned on this -- on this campaign of hope of "yes we can." and to be up there on capitol hill and to look down the mall and to see literally millions of people out there, it is the largest crowd ever assembled in washington in the history of this capitol. and to see this great mass of people. and there was a spirit of hope. maybe it didn't last very long. but for one brief shining moment, there it was. and you kind of saw, i think in some ways america at its best in that moment. >> bob schieffer thanks very much. >> you bet. >> and bob will have much more on this year's presidential inauguration on "face the nation" tomorrow morning at 10:00 eastern time. >>> coming up the social life isn't what it seems to be. >> you can ask me anything. >> how are we doing a that point? >> hard to say. so far it's your first typical date. >> and i want to be different from the other guys. >> we'll tell you what's changed and why. you're watching "cbs this morning saturday." >>> america h
you had the first african-american elected president. he had campaigned on this -- on this campaign of hope of "yes we can." and to be up there on capitol hill and to look down the mall and to see literally millions of people out there, it is the largest crowd ever assembled in washington in the history of this capitol. and to see this great mass of people. and there was a spirit of hope. maybe it didn't last very long. but for one brief shining moment, there it was. and you kind of...
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we hope to elect many more women to the congress in 2014. if we didn't have so many women in the congress, we never would have had the first woman speaker of the house. thank you, emily's list, for that. just listening to the baptist choir, talking abotu 2016 and our hopes from 2014 -- you ain't seen nothing yet. thank you, emily's list, for having strength in numbers for women and helping to change the playing field. i promise you this. if we reduced the role of money in politics, overturned citizens united, encourage the level of civility in politics, increase stability, lower the money, we will change the environment in which politics is conducted and we will elect many more women to public office. that is a very good thing for our country. think year, emily's list. we are emily and we ain't seen nothing yet. thank you all. [applause] >> are you emily? >> hello. i'm elizabeth warren. [applause] about 25 years ago, i was a young mother around i got a solicitation letter from a group of women who said they were getting organized to get more
we hope to elect many more women to the congress in 2014. if we didn't have so many women in the congress, we never would have had the first woman speaker of the house. thank you, emily's list, for that. just listening to the baptist choir, talking abotu 2016 and our hopes from 2014 -- you ain't seen nothing yet. thank you, emily's list, for having strength in numbers for women and helping to change the playing field. i promise you this. if we reduced the role of money in politics, overturned...
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mitt romney or whoever the hard way in this last election so we don't we only have less than a minute left but in terms of immigration we have the dream act moving forward what lies ahead for that dream act was monumental and. set aside a path for citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants of course that fell short by a couple of votes hopefully will see it pass but once again it was a symbolic gesture at the very tail end of his presidency because he's deported more illegal immigrants than every other president and we're talking about one point four illegal immigrants that's one point five times more than bush on average i mean wow for someone who says that they're going towards immigration and last year we saw him really support students when it comes to immigration when he said if you want to give them more rights what we're also seeing is him talking about ramping up border patrol the fact is that immigration the face of it is changing it's not necessarily people coming from latin america it's people coming from asia they've overtaken that kind of role so we know that imm
mitt romney or whoever the hard way in this last election so we don't we only have less than a minute left but in terms of immigration we have the dream act moving forward what lies ahead for that dream act was monumental and. set aside a path for citizenship for children of undocumented immigrants of course that fell short by a couple of votes hopefully will see it pass but once again it was a symbolic gesture at the very tail end of his presidency because he's deported more illegal immigrants...
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that's what got him re-elected. every prediction was, you know, there's too much money, too many special interest groups. the republicans are going to win. he went directly to the people through his technology, through the media, when he talked about fairness, he says either we increased access for everyone or we increased access for 2%. it was reasonable. it was sober, it was common sense it appealed to everyone. so i think that president obama will stay true to his doctrine of fairness and that's what 98% of our country wants. >> deepak chopra, thank you for coming on, enjoy the inauguration. >> thank you, don. >>> president obama's rescue of the american auto industry put our next guest back to work. and this weekend, she is an invited guest at the inauguration. meet the 5-passenger ford c-max hybrid. when you're carrying a lot of weight, c-max has a nice little trait, you see, c-max helps you load your freight, with its foot-activated lift gate. but that's not all you'll see, cause c-max also beats prius v, with
that's what got him re-elected. every prediction was, you know, there's too much money, too many special interest groups. the republicans are going to win. he went directly to the people through his technology, through the media, when he talked about fairness, he says either we increased access for everyone or we increased access for 2%. it was reasonable. it was sober, it was common sense it appealed to everyone. so i think that president obama will stay true to his doctrine of fairness and...
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it seemed so the night of california's 1968 presidential primary election. robert kennedy had just won with 46% of the vote. he would thank his supporters for the victory that seemed almost certain to take him to the presidency. leaving the podium, on his way to meet with reporters, he took a shortcut through the kitchen. then america's hope already so badly battered by the murder of martin luther king was dashed into darkness by the bullet of one small man. >> oh my god. senator kennedy has been shot. >> jesus why. >> shoot it, shoot it. >> my brother need not be idolized or in large in death beyond what he was in life, to be remembered simply as a good and decent man, who saw wrong and tried to right it. saw suffering and tried to heal it, saw war and tried to stop it. those of us who loved him and who take him to his rest today, pray that what he was to us, and what he wished for others will some day come to pass for all the world. as he said many times, in many parts of this nation, to those he touched and who sought to touch him, some men see things as
it seemed so the night of california's 1968 presidential primary election. robert kennedy had just won with 46% of the vote. he would thank his supporters for the victory that seemed almost certain to take him to the presidency. leaving the podium, on his way to meet with reporters, he took a shortcut through the kitchen. then america's hope already so badly battered by the murder of martin luther king was dashed into darkness by the bullet of one small man. >> oh my god. senator kennedy...
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the historic howard theater hosted the inaugural hope youth ball standing for honoring our president-elect. it gave young people the chance to share in the inauguration festivities. >> we are here to celebrate the inauguration of the president barack obama and the first lady but it is about getting young people involved in social action which is what the president, the first lady have called on today and tomorrow. >> money raised through the event will go toward opening the very first youth shelter in prince george's county. >> we want to see your take on this day in history for inauguration 2013. show us how you are taking part. accepted your pictures and video to 2013 at wttg.com. you can also use the blue upload button on the top right of our food and food and -- top of our inauguration page. >>> let's not forget today is the national holiday honoring dr. martin luther king, jr. >> it is a very big day. up next on fox 5 morning news, see how the civil rights leader was honored over weekend with an event meant to carry on his message of action. time now is 4:54. we are back after this.
the historic howard theater hosted the inaugural hope youth ball standing for honoring our president-elect. it gave young people the chance to share in the inauguration festivities. >> we are here to celebrate the inauguration of the president barack obama and the first lady but it is about getting young people involved in social action which is what the president, the first lady have called on today and tomorrow. >> money raised through the event will go toward opening the very...
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on election day. a few competitive statistics if you will. the high school with the highest percentage of election day workers was thurgood marshall with 74% of their kids registering. 74 turned up. that was great. lincoln and galileo and lowell was part of this program. i want to thank the students for this. i want to reach out to the families and the k-12 and universities. san francisco state we were able to register 3,000 students. and we had the highest number of provisional ballots. we had 600 on that campus. and so this upcoming year we have a few things on the agenda. the department of director is up for review. that is starting in may, and we are starting work on that already. the director is interested in improving accessibility issues. s -- we have requirements of the machines old. and we have received complaints of voters not able to access the cards or not seeing the ballots. so we will work on that this coming year. and is the other issue is the issue of privacy around voter information.
on election day. a few competitive statistics if you will. the high school with the highest percentage of election day workers was thurgood marshall with 74% of their kids registering. 74 turned up. that was great. lincoln and galileo and lowell was part of this program. i want to thank the students for this. i want to reach out to the families and the k-12 and universities. san francisco state we were able to register 3,000 students. and we had the highest number of provisional ballots. we had...
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that probably cost him the election, certainly with women and younger voters. and i think it will cost other folks, as well. >> and the polling is showing an expanding favorability for abortion rights, and republicans always do this. it is never confused with abortion. they pretend that women when they come to this choice, they assume that women do so happily, gleefully, that it is a light thing to do. but this is support for abortion rights that is even stronger than exists in roe v. wade. >> that is right, i don't know, i feel like there are too many folks in office trying to play politics with this issue. i don't know if its their own particular point of view. and what we see consistently, it is so fascinating to me at planned parenthood -- they can't make that decision for every woman in america, that no one can walk in another woman's shoes. that is what this polling is showing. what we saw in the state of mississippi when they defeated overwhelmingly an amendment that would have created this amendment. that is really where the american people are. and fra
that probably cost him the election, certainly with women and younger voters. and i think it will cost other folks, as well. >> and the polling is showing an expanding favorability for abortion rights, and republicans always do this. it is never confused with abortion. they pretend that women when they come to this choice, they assume that women do so happily, gleefully, that it is a light thing to do. but this is support for abortion rights that is even stronger than exists in roe v....
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really helped him get elected, re-elected rather. guns will come up, i think, because the mood is right for that. i'm not sure how far he'll be able to go with that because of the resistance in the house, but he'll fight the good fight on that issue, and he'll talk about doing two things at once which will be difficult to balance. one, jobs and economic recovery. two, bring down the debt and deficit spending. those are -- >> a balanced way. i'm sure he'll use that language as well. >> a balanced way. opposing goals, but he intends to do them both. >> lynn, do you think we'll hear any talk of energy or climate change at all in the speech tomorrow? >> i do. i think climate change will be an added starter when we look at agenda goals, and i don't know if we had this discussion two months ago, even if curbing gun violence would have been something we would have thought would come up tomorrow. >> yeah. >> but i think that it is -- it is just something that the obama administration did not put a super emphasis on in the last four years and
really helped him get elected, re-elected rather. guns will come up, i think, because the mood is right for that. i'm not sure how far he'll be able to go with that because of the resistance in the house, but he'll fight the good fight on that issue, and he'll talk about doing two things at once which will be difficult to balance. one, jobs and economic recovery. two, bring down the debt and deficit spending. those are -- >> a balanced way. i'm sure he'll use that language as well....
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when he was first elected, he understood the significance of his election. i would like to share with you a part of what he said. it goes, the hope speech often talk about. this is what he said to use his own words: "two days after i was elected i got a phone call and the voice was quite young. it was from al tuna, pennsylvania. the person said things. you have to elected a people so that young child and thousands of people know that there is hope for a better tomorrow." without hope, gays, blacks, seniors, the "ss" give up. without hope life is not worth living. harvey closed, and you and you and you. you have to give them hope. as i think about this, i really think that that is what we are talking about. in this measure. we are talking about giving hope to so many people who live in parts of this country, parts of the world where they cannot fathom being true to who they are; they cannot fathom being honest to themselves let alone other people about their sexual orientation. something that struck me about what was said in the last couple of days was someth
when he was first elected, he understood the significance of his election. i would like to share with you a part of what he said. it goes, the hope speech often talk about. this is what he said to use his own words: "two days after i was elected i got a phone call and the voice was quite young. it was from al tuna, pennsylvania. the person said things. you have to elected a people so that young child and thousands of people know that there is hope for a better tomorrow." without hope,...
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almost like he has been liberated by this final election, never facing the voters again in his life. it is interesting because he doesn't have a huge mandate but there is so much energy on the democratic side right now and high hopes for this term that the challenges are so steep for him in the reality of the political math and whether he has the votes to pass a far-researching agenda. >>shepard: whether he has mandate or the votes these were the promises he made, not so much on gun control, that wasn't part of the campaign at the time the polls were different. >> climate. we are just not going to see a carbon tax, it went down several years ago like a stone. many democrats lost in 2010 because of health square and stimulus and the cap and trade vote. we will not see banning of ammunitions or weaponry. we have hoped there is some kind of conscience us. >>shepard: you think no chance for large capacity magazines? >> the numbers do not exist on republican or democrat. >>shepard: closing the gun show loophole? >> the polls show a change in support. >>shepard: if we stuck with the polls
almost like he has been liberated by this final election, never facing the voters again in his life. it is interesting because he doesn't have a huge mandate but there is so much energy on the democratic side right now and high hopes for this term that the challenges are so steep for him in the reality of the political math and whether he has the votes to pass a far-researching agenda. >>shepard: whether he has mandate or the votes these were the promises he made, not so much on gun...
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election. how do we bridge the gap? how do we actually get the deal done. >> we have a system that is incremental in nature. we're not a parliamentary system where, if you control the government, you can move very quickly and aggressively. i have always said that the american politics is played on the 40-yard line. and both sides feel very strongly about their philosophical position. but there is a deep identity of interest that i think needs -- leads to premature should lead to agreement. if you're the president of united states, there are two events that you know may occur in the next four years, which could totally derail your capacity to do the of the things you want to do about the nation, your positive agenda. the first is the terrorist and weapons of mass destruction. i think this president has been dedicated to intelligence gathering and his use of various capabilities to reduce that threat. and secondly, the issue of the financial crisis driven by the market's losing confidence in our
election. how do we bridge the gap? how do we actually get the deal done. >> we have a system that is incremental in nature. we're not a parliamentary system where, if you control the government, you can move very quickly and aggressively. i have always said that the american politics is played on the 40-yard line. and both sides feel very strongly about their philosophical position. but there is a deep identity of interest that i think needs -- leads to premature should lead to...
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this was a japanese soldier who elected to stay in the jungle after the war was over. the island of guam and he stayed there with another guy until 1960. he came out 15 years after the end of the war and went back to japan as a hero and had a movie made about him and all that. by a quirk of faith i happened to find his long-lost diary actually here in washington. i went to return it to him some years later and he came back to guam and i met him and gave him back his long-lost diary out it was a very emotional thing as you can imagine. >> you looked at prisoners from the allied side in the japanese. how were they treated differently and where they treated differently? >> yes they were treated very differently. the americans of course were treated very brutally, not much food comp and not much medicine, hard labor and a lot of physical beatings. and the japanese military training which thought it was disloyal to surrender. so these american p.o.w.s were considered not honorable men and they were treated that way. on the other hand of course the u.s. treated the japanese
this was a japanese soldier who elected to stay in the jungle after the war was over. the island of guam and he stayed there with another guy until 1960. he came out 15 years after the end of the war and went back to japan as a hero and had a movie made about him and all that. by a quirk of faith i happened to find his long-lost diary actually here in washington. i went to return it to him some years later and he came back to guam and i met him and gave him back his long-lost diary out it was a...
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daughters were there as they kicked off three days of parties and balls to celebrate her husband's election. in about 40 minutes, president barack obama will receive the official swearing in from chief justice john roberts. he will be at the white house in the blue room. the president's family will be there with some members of the staff. it will be televised and. tomorrow, the ceremonial swearing in where thousands will be watching it on the washington mall. reporting live, randall pinkston, back to you. >> yeah, expecting thousands to be here. how difficult it is for the ordinary citizen to get a good spot to watch the ceremony? >> reporter: well, probably impossible now. here's why. >> yeah. >> reporter: it's a little late. the tickets were given to members of congress, i think about 200,000, or a whole bunch were handed out. and they have been given to constituents and people who ask for them. they are gone. and now you're saying, maybe some office buildings, well monday is a holiday. and office billings will be closed off, except for those who have access to them. that's not to say you
daughters were there as they kicked off three days of parties and balls to celebrate her husband's election. in about 40 minutes, president barack obama will receive the official swearing in from chief justice john roberts. he will be at the white house in the blue room. the president's family will be there with some members of the staff. it will be televised and. tomorrow, the ceremonial swearing in where thousands will be watching it on the washington mall. reporting live, randall pinkston,...
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him and to the people who elected him. we're just delighted to be a part of this. >> this is history in the making. first of all from an historical perspective who wouldn't want to be here? but more importantly for me, the whole of the obama administration is everything that i hold dear >> suarez: margaret came up with her family from north carolina. for her a second inauguration for the first black president was no less exciting, no less worthy of celebration than the first one. >> i'm 69 years old. i never thought i would live to see a black president. a black family. i really didn't. i think it's beautiful. it is really history. it's martin luther king's birthday. things that he even talked about and dreamed of, it is happening. people of all races are coming together, praying together, worshipping together, going to school and work together. there's a problem but if we all work together, we can, you know,... it will be beautiful >> suarez: it's very hard to be a short person in a very large crowd. you guys know that al
him and to the people who elected him. we're just delighted to be a part of this. >> this is history in the making. first of all from an historical perspective who wouldn't want to be here? but more importantly for me, the whole of the obama administration is everything that i hold dear >> suarez: margaret came up with her family from north carolina. for her a second inauguration for the first black president was no less exciting, no less worthy of celebration than the first one....
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there comes times when those of us who are elected or appointed positions must put the interest of those who we serve, we are privileged to serve above that which might be political ex- pediatric cent or professionally safe. this is one of those times. >> reporter: jooft president laid out tough restrictions for gun ownership. some members of congress expressed a concern for a ban on assault weapons and number of rounds in ammunition clips >>> we learned that one american is dead in the assault on a terror group in algeria. the militants are threatening more attacks as they try to deal for jailed terrorists. fox correspond ends amy come log reports. >> reporter: worn and weary but thankful to be alive. some of the hostages freed from the gas facility in algeria taken over by terrorists embracing after being brought to safety. others taken to a nearby hospital after sustaining injuries during the ordeal. >> it happens so fast. thanks to algerian army. they took good care of us and we were lucky that we were alive. >> reporter: the algerian military has been criticized by some internationa
there comes times when those of us who are elected or appointed positions must put the interest of those who we serve, we are privileged to serve above that which might be political ex- pediatric cent or professionally safe. this is one of those times. >> reporter: jooft president laid out tough restrictions for gun ownership. some members of congress expressed a concern for a ban on assault weapons and number of rounds in ammunition clips >>> we learned that one american is dead...